In America · Families Who Married In
Reitter Family
Nicholas Reitter, Jr., who married Ruth Esther Wesemann in 1929, was the son of German-speaking immigrants from the Banat, in the old Kingdom of Hungary. His father, Nicholas Reitter, Sr., came to Philadelphia in 1903, worked as a wagon blacksmith, and spent most of his life on a farm in Nockamixon Township, Bucks County. These pages follow the family from two Banat villages to America and through Nicholas Sr.’s three marriages.
The story in 6 pages
Start reading- 1From the Banat VillagesGroß-Sankt-Peter and Sárafalva, and George Reitter and his sons.
- 2Coming to America, 1903 to 1911The crossings of 1903 to 1911.
- 3Philadelphia and Margaret Jakobi, 1904 to 1913Philadelphia, the move to Bucks County, and Margaret Jakobi’s family.
- 4The Farm at Nockamixon, 1913 to 1969The blacksmith’s shop and the farm at Nockamixon, and a third marriage.
- 5Nicholas, Sr.'s ChildrenNicholas Reitter, Sr.’s children.
- 6Nick Reitter, Jr. and Ruth WesemannNick Reitter, Jr. and Ruth Wesemann.